Adam Mattis

Thanksgiving: a time for reflection beyond harvest, exploring leadership, hard work, and altruism amidst autumn's beauty.

My step-brother Luke is getting ready to leave for Marine Corps. boot camp. I am struggling to give him advice, because lets be honest,...

At the end of each year I share a list of the books that I consumed throughout the year. Below is a list of everything I read in 2021. ...

I was monitoring the chat traffic in Dean’s Implementing SAFe class last week when one of the learners asked about how to describe...

“I can’t call a person a hard worker just because I hear they read and write, even if working at it all night. Until I know what a person...

For years I have listened to Jordan Harbinger talk about the idea that you will rise to the level of the five people closest to you....

Dear Mrs. Douglas, You may not remember me. I was in your 7th grade English class, many years ago. I was an unremarkable student. My...

In preparing to write this post, I have come to realize that I slacked in 2019 in terms of reading. My reading list is much shorter than...

I’m Adam, and I am a paratriathlete. That was hard to type. One thing that people may not know looking at me is that I am 90% disabled,...

I don’t often talk about my military experience, but when my buddy Mark Zinno asked me to jump on his podcast, I couldn’t say no. I hope...

It is 00:13 hours on November 2, 2018. Almost 15 years to the day since I enlisted in the U.S. Army, and I have just finished watching...

As a consultant, I am paid to know the answers. Though, that is not always the case. Sometimes I need to figure things out, and other...